The Commoner Consort: The Country’s Respected Empress - Chapter 155
Maya’s Chamber.
Madam Mary enters the chamber and gasps seeing Maya’s scared face “Oh Dear! Why wasn’t I informed earlier?!”.
Maya only now realizes who was walking towards her hurriedly “Madam Mary?”.
She never expected her presence! Her presence broke the eer filled in the chamber.
Madam Mary reaches Maya and embraces her in an immediate hug “You don’t have to be sad dear. I have heard everything. You did a wonderful thing today. You must be proud rather being sad”.
Maya gulps her suppressed cries as she never felt this kind of feeling.
‘I feel..warm..’
Even though she was taken aback by Mary’s sudden love, she knows how kind she was before too. But still refuses to speak anything.
Madam Mary rubs her back slowly understanding her and ushers her softly “I know everything happening is new to you. But, dear. You will get used to it very soon”.
Maya felt her heart melt slowly with her words filled with love and sighs relaxed. She finally got back from her own thoughts of guilt.
Madam Mary asks faintly still keeping her in her embrace “Have you eaten anything, dear?”.
Maya gulps still in the embrace and shakes her head still couldn’t find her voice.
She fears if she opens her mouth, she might cry suddenly. She doesn’t want to cry in front of stranger. But she scolds herself mentally for thinking Mary as a stranger.
‘She doesn’t treat me as stranger…’
Madam Mary gasps “Jesus Christ! Have you been starving this whole day?!”.
She announces loudly without giving any chance to Maya’s words “Bring Her Highness some food!”.
Sarah, who was standing closely to the door enters at once beaming “Yes, Your Majesty!”.
Madam Mary smiles seeing Sarah already carrying the food and chuckles “You are really good to your Madam, aren’t you?”.
Sarah blushes and bows “This servant is just doing the duty”.
Maya notices everything curiously and couldn’t help melt in Mary’s kind tone the whole time.
‘Is this how a Mother sound?’.
Subconsciously, she is looking at her face with her tilted head.
Madam Mary gets the foods and asks looking down at Maya with an endearing smile “Do you want me to feed you?”.
Maya’s eyes starts getting frosty and gets her whole strength to say “Yes”.
She wanted to nod her head vigorously. But she couldn’t. Not yet.
She never received this kind of love in her entire life. She doesn’t know whether she should hate or be grateful at Kalki for putting her in these situations.
Madam Mary instructs Sarah to hold the bowl of Broth and starts feeding Maya without letting her go from her embrace.
Sarah too bites her lip seeing Maya’s teary eyes. She could sense her emotions vaguely.
She smiles in a great satisfaction and couldn’t help get emotional too ‘I sure did a right thing today…’.
Madam Mary finishes feeding her the entire bowl of vegetable broth and asks softly wiping Maya’s lips “You need to sleep for a while”.
Maya nods and smiles gratefully “Thank you, Your Majesty-“.
Madam Mary smiles holding Maya’s hands “Don’t dear! We are family now. You can call me Mother, if you need to”.
Maya is really overwhelmed at this point and asks in a faint tone “Could you be here till I sleep?”.
She really doesn’t want to part from Mary at this moment. She felt happy and calm. She doesn’t want to end this good feeling so soon.
Madam Mary smiles understanding her and pats Maya’s head with love.
She then looks at Sarah and instructs “Inform His Majesty that the daughter-in-law needs me. And also ask his personal servant to feed His Highness’ medicines. Don’t forget to inform my personal servant as well. Scarlett and Anthony might be alone in their chamber”.
Sarah bows “At once, Your Majesty!”.
Madam Mary looks at Maya’s surprised eyes and smiles “Get some sleep, dear. You have done enough for the day”.
Maya silently leans in Madam Mary’s lap and closes her eyes.
Finally, she found the calm sleep she needed and couldn’t help smile satisfied.
‘No wonder, he is so gentle… Just like his Mother. He is very fortunate to have a Mother like her…’.
Her thoughts slightly drifted to somewhere else too ‘How was His mother? Was she this kind too? If so..he shouldn’t be this cold…’.
But her final thoughts before asleep drifts back to the soft caresses on her head. She is grateful for this.
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Evening.
Maya wakes up from her sleep drowsily and looks around blankly. She remembers how she slept before in Mary’s lap and looks at around finding herself alone.
She sighs feeling an empty feeling in her heart.
“Oh! You are awake!”.
She turns surprised seeing Madam Mary walking out from the bathroom and wiping her hands with a cloth.
Maya smiles widely “I thought you left Ma- ..M-Mother..”.
Madam Mary speaks while handing her a dress “Do you want me to help you wash?”.
Maya blushes shaking her head “I will..” and runs into the bathroom.
After finishing bathing Maya asks slowly while Mary was sitting on a chair leisurely “I was thinking… to meet the woman…his wife..”.
She couldn’t help admired by her elegance! She looks majestic even by simply sitting! For some reason she recalls seeing herself in the future.. The Empress. .she looked same but too cold!
Madam Mary sighs “Don’t you think it’s already late?”.
Maya blinks innocently “How could it be late to visit? He died this morning!”.
Madam Mary shakes her head helplessly and laughs lightly “It’s evening now…within an hour it will be dark outside. Do you still want to go, dear?”.
Maya raises her eyebrows in realization and clears her throat embarrassed ‘She was talking about the day…’
She speaks “I thought to meet the woman and apologize-“.
Madam Mary states softly “You don’t have to, dear. It would be good if you remain silent. Why scratch the old wound? Give this some time”.
Maya stands reluctantly as she is contemplating Mary’s words. It sounded satisfying but not right. She doesn’t want to remain silent after everything happened.